To circumcise the child — That he might visibly be made under the law by a sacred rite, which obliged him to keep the whole law; as also that he might be owned to be the seed of Abraham, and might put an honour on the solemn dedication of children to God.
Verse Luke 2:21. _WHEN EIGHT DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED_] The law had appointed that every male should be circumcised at eight days old, or on the eighth day after its birth, Genesis 17:12; and our bless...
EIGHT DAYS ... - This was the regular time for performing the rite of circumcision, Genesis 17:12. CALLED JESUS - See the notes at Matthew 1:21....
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Birth of Christ at Bethlehem (Luke 2:1)_ 2. The Glad Tidings Announced to the Shepherds. (Luke 2:8) 3. The Circumcision and Presentation (Luke 2:21) 4. Simeon and His Prophecy ...
THE CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION OF JESUS. When the babe is a week old He is circumcised and named, and when He is a month old His parents take Him to the Temple in Jerusalem for the double rite of p...
When the eight days necessarily prior to circumcision had elapsed, he was called by the name of Jesus, the name by which he had been called by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb. When...
JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
EIGHT _ DAYS,_ &c.: i.e. on the last and great day of the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:37). ACCOMPLISHED. fulfilled. See Leviticus 12:3. NAME. Supply the logical Ellipsis thus: "[Then they circumcise...
The Circumcision 21. _for the circumcising of the child_ Genesis 17:12. Doubtless the rite was performed by Joseph. "Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision" (i. e. went to the Jew first) "for...
21. THE CIRCUMCISION 21. ΤΟΥ͂ ΠΕΡΙΤΕΜΕΙ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ. The genitive of the purpose. The old way of explaining it was to understand ἕνεκα or χάριν, but it is neither an ellipse nor an Hebraism, but a classi...
VER 21. AND WHEN EIGHT DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE CIRCUMCISING OF THE CHILD, HIS NAME WAS CALLED JESUS, WHICH WAS SO NAMED OF THE ANGEL BEFORE HE WAS CONCEIVED IN THE WOMB. THEOPHYL; Having relat...
ΈΠΛΉΣΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Luke 2:6. ΠΕΡΙΤΕΜΕΪ́Ν _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΕΡΙΤΈΜΝΩ (G4059) обрезать. Об обычае обрезания у иудеев _см._ Luke 1:59. Эпэкз. _inf._ ΕΚΛΉΘΗ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._...
DISCOURSE: 1474 THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST Luke 2:21. _And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called_ JESUS, _which was so named of the angel before he...
WHEN EIGHT DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED— Among the Jews it was reckoned dishonourableto keep company with persons uncircumcised: Acts 11:3 wherefore, to render Jesus acceptable to the Jews, to fit him for c...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Portents (Luke 2:1-21) In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all 2 the world should be enrolled. 2This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was go...
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. AND WHEN EIGHT DAYS WERE AC...
We have here a most notable example of God's overruling providence. Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth, and Christ must be born in Bethlehem. How is this to be brought about ? Little did Cresar dream t...
THE CIRCUMCISION. Although our Lord was sinless, He was subjected to a rite which symbolised the putting off of the sinful lusts of the flesh. Although He was the Son of God, it behoved Him to be made...
BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS 1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1) There is no direct evidence, exce...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 2 THE BIRTH OF JESUS 2:1-7 V1 At that time *Caesar Augustus ordered a *census in the *Roman *empire. V2 This was the first *census when Quirinius gov...
WHEN EIGHT DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED... — Hence the Feast of the Circumcision in the Church Calendar comes on January 1st, and so, not without design, perhaps, came to coincide with the beginning of the...
CHAPTER 5 THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS. Luke 2:8 THE Gospel of St. Mark omits entirely the Nativity, passing at once to the words and miracles of His public ministry. St. John, too, dismisses the...
ἐπλήσθησαν, as in Luke 1:57; Luke 2:6, and again in Luke 2:22; in the first two places the reference is to the course of nature, in the second two to the course prescribed by the law. τοῦ περιτεμεῖν,...
_Circumcision and presentation in the temple_....
WELCOMED; NAMED; PRESENTED Luke 2:15-24 From April till the autumn the flocks pastured at night in the open fields, from which it seems probable that our Lord must have been born earlier or later tha...
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover, by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and foret...
(3) And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. (3) Christ, the head of th...
Should be circumcised; which might be done not only in the temple, or in a synagogue, but in any house. (Witham) --- Many reasons may be alleged why our Saviour submitted to the painful and humbling k...
CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS & HIS PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE 21-24. _“And when the eight days for circumcising Him were fulfilled, and He was called Jesus, being called by the angel before he was conceived...
1. _The Circumcision: Luke 2:21_. It was under the Jewish form that Jesus was to realize the ideal of human existence. The theocracy was the surrounding prepared of God for the development of the Son...
SIXTH NARRATIVE: CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION OF JESUS, LUKE 2:21-40. This narrative comprises 1. The circumcision of Jesus (Luke 2:21); 2. His presentation in the temple (Luke 2:22-38); 3. A histori...
(21) And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. (22) And when the days of...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME_ ‘And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the Child, His name was called Jesus.’ Luke 2:21 The passage narrates how our Lord was circumcised and rec...
21._That the child might be circumcised _As to circumcision in general, the reader may consult the Book of Genesis, (Genesis 17:10.) At present, it will be sufficient to state briefly what applies to...
In the next chapter (2) the scene changes. Instead of the relations of God with Israel according to grace, we see first the pagan emperor of the world the head of Daniel's last empire exercising his p...
AND WHEN EIGHT DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE CIRCUMCISING OF THE CHILD,.... According to the original institution of circumcision, Genesis 17:12 and which was strictly observed by religious persons,...
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. Ver. 21. _For the circumcising...
_And when eight days were accomplished_ That is, not when the eighth day was ended, but when it was come: _for the circumcising of the child_ A ceremony which the law of Moses required to be performed...
THE CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION OF CHRIST. Luke 2:21 The circumcision:...
AND WHEN EIGHT DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE CHILD, HIS NAME WAS CALLED JESUS, WHICH WAS SO NAMED OF THE ANGEL BEFORE HE WAS CONCEIVED IN THE WOMB. By His ancestry and birth, Jesu...
THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-7) God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus decreed that all the world ...
21-24 Our Lord Jesus was not born in sin, and did not need that mortification of a corrupt nature, or that renewal unto holiness, which were signified by circumcision. This ordinance was, in his case...
The time prescribed by the Divine law for circumcision was the eighth day. GENESIS 17:12 LEVITICUS 12:3. He was indeed the lawgiver, and as such not tied to the observance of the law. But he was also...
The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew And on the eighth day they circumcised the child, and called His name Jesus; for so He was called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.[35]...
Luke 2:21 And G2532 when G3753 eight G3638 days G2250 completed G4130 (G5681) circumcision G4059 (G5629) Child...
JESUS IS CIRCUMCISED AND PRESENTED AT THE TEMPLE AND IS BLESSED BY SIMON WHO PROPHESIES OVER HIM (2:21-35). The purification of Mary and Jesus from the ritual defilement of child birth was necessary d...
‘And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.' On the eighth day after His birth Jesus was...
Luke 2:21. EIGHT DAYS. Comp. chap. Luke 1:59. JESUS. Comp. Matthew 1:21. WHICH WAS TO CALLED BY THE ANGEL. Comp. chap. Luke 1:31. This namin
The fulfilment of the legal requirements respecting the child Jesus: His circumcision and naming on the eighth day (Luke 2:21), as one of the Jewish people, and the redemption from the temple service...
HIS NAME WAS CALLED JESUS (κα εκληθη το ονομα αυτου Ιησους). The κα is left untranslated or has the sense of "then" in the apodosis. The naming was a part of the ceremony of circumcision as is show...
Luke 2:21. _And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb._ Although the old...
Luke 2:1. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria....
CONTENTS: Birth of Jesus. His adoration by the shepherds. Adoration and prophecy of Simon and Anna. Return to Nazareth. Jesus and His parents at the Passover. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Caesar, Augustus, Cyr...
Luke 2:1. _It came to pass in those days,_ when John was born, and when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issued f...
WHEN THE TIME CAME FOR THE BABY TO BE CIRCUMCISED. See note on Luke 1:59. Jesus lived under the Jewish Law (Galatians 4:4). He obeyed it perfectly. He was circumcised on the "eighth day" [a week after...
_For the circumcising of the Child_ CIRCUMCISION AND BAPTISM The teaching of Jewish circumcision resembles the teaching of Christian baptism. Both exhibit the putting away of the filth of the flesh;...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:21 HE WAS CALLED JESUS. The NAME Jesus__ (“Joshua” in Hebrew) means “the Lord saves.” ⇐...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:1 Luke records the events of Jesus’ birth (vv. Luke 2:1), his presentation in the temple (vv. Luke 2:21), and his visit
CHAPTER 2 VER. 1. _And it came to pass in those days_ (in which John the Baptist was born) _there went forth a decree_, &c. The Syriac for "all the world," has "all the people of his dominion," subjec...
_And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, His name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before He was conceived in the womb when eight days were fulfilled_...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 2:21. THE CHILD.—The best MSS. read “Him.” Luke 2:22. HER PURIFICATION.—The true reading is, “_their_ purification” (R.V.). The mother was ceremonially unclean by child-birth, t...
EXPOSITION LUKE 2:1 _The Redeemer's birth_. LUKE 2:1 THERE WENT OUT A DECREE FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS, THAT ALL THE WORLD SHOULD BE TAXED; more accurately, _that there should be a registration_, etc.;...
Now it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And the taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syra.) And all we...
Galatians 4:4; Galatians 4:5; Genesis 17:12; Leviticus 12:3; Luke 1:31;
THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS _Selections from Luke 1:1 and Luke 2:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was giv...
Two things are here observable, 1. Our Saviour's circumcision, and the name given him at his circumcision. There was no impurity in the Son of God, and yet he is circumcised, and baptized also, though...